Of all the sciences, the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed GEOLOGY, long before it was entitled to the name.


Translated by Henry de La Fite, An Elementary Treatise on Geology, Preliminary Discourse on Geology (p. 1), F.C. & J. Rivington. 1809

Jean-André Deluc Quotes

Of all the sciences, the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed GEOLOGY, long before it was entitled to the name.

Of all the sciences, the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed GEOLOGY, long before it was entitled to the name.

Of all the sciences, the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed GEOLOGY, long before it was entitled to the name.

Of all the sciences, the most extensive and the most complex is that which was termed GEOLOGY, long before it was entitled to the name.